address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question address, call (verb) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name
At first glance, only one ocean borders California - The Pacific. However, the Pacific is sometimes considered 2 oceans, namely the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. Nevertheless, they look like only a single ocean from the beach.
For those of us living in California, one of life's great tragedies is that the Pacific ocean is both so close to us, and so poor for actual swimming.